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""HE'LL BUILD THE FIRST NAVAL
AEROPLANE IN FEDERAL PLANT
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Naval Constructor H. C. Richard
son -will have charge of the build
ing of the first naval aeroplane to
be built in a government plant Secf
retary of the Navy Daniels has placed
the order for the building of this ma"1
chine, which will be of an improved
design and large size, with the Wash
ington navy yard and Constructor
Richardson will have charge of the
work.
L C. RAILROAD STOPS US FROM
THE LAKE FRONT
Two million people w.ant to get at
the lake front and make it a place of
beauty and fix it up with places to '
swim and walk and play balL
Till now the two million people
have been blocked. There's a big
hog straddled across the way to the
lake front
"You won't get what you want till
you feed me," grunts the hog.
The name of the hog is the Illinois
Central Railroad Company. And the
hog game of the L C, came up again
officially yesterday when council har
bors committee took up an ordinance
L it sajsjampng other things: . 1J -,
1. If the city helps the I. C. o' a
clear title of ownership of 200 feet of
right of way between E. 31st st and
E. 51st st, along the lake shore, then
the L C. must contract with the city
that it will not use that land "for any
purpose other than tracks, switches,
turnouts and passenger stations
without the -express consent of the
city council"
2. If the city helps the L C. to clear
title of ownership of submerged lands
south of 16th st. the L C. must con
tract that it will not use such sub
merged land except "upon such terms
as said city shall deem to be for the
best interests of the public."
Here's the hitch. This is where the
trouble is. The whole land question
on the lake front would be settled in
a minute if the city should say to the
L C:
"Come on, Old Hog, take it alL
You've got most of it. now and you
can have it alL"
But when the city says to the L C.
that from now on the city shall keep
free from dangerous, tricky contracts
drawn by dangerous, tricky lawyers,
then the I. C. threatens it will stop all
lake front improvements.
Harbors committee aldermen say
they won't stand for any kind of land
trades along the lake front unless the
city is left free to regulate the L C.
John Barton Payne, railroad law
yer and president South Park com
missioners, got red in the face and
scolded the council committee yester
day. Payne said:
"The proposed ordinance seeks to
exercise control over property of the
railroad or rights in which the rail--road
is firmly established. I know
that such action on the part of the
committee is apt to defeat the whole
thing."
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New York. Arrested for beating
his wife, Henry Bennett told court
he found name "M. J. Murphy" tat
tooed on her body. Mrs. Bennett
said tattooing was done by a. girj
friend, '
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